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Title: Life and times of William E. Gladstone : an account of his ancestry and boyhood, his career at Eton and Oxford, his entrance into public life, his rise to leadership and fame, his genius as statesman and author, and his influence on the progress of the nineteenth century
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
Subjects: Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 Statesmen
Publisher: Springfield, O. : J.W. Jones
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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by Emperor William of Germany. Noclaims should be admitted asrainst the United States for the Fenian fiascoagainst Canada. As to the great question, that of the.A/abama claims, thesame should be settled on the assumption that responsibility for the depre-dations done on American commerce should be recognized where govern-ment had not exercised due diligence and precautions relative to the fittingout of the Confederate cruisers. This was the great point. The principlehaving been determined, all subordinate questions of fact and damages wereto be submitted to a board of arbitration to be held the following year.This agreement, which was completed, after thirty-seven sittings, at NewYork in May of 1871, is known as the Treaty of Washington. 474 LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE. Such were the general measures promoted at the parliamentary sessionof that year. The changes which had been agreed to relative to theorganization and methods of the army introduced confusion into the calcu-
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SIR JOHN ALEXANDER MACDONALD, PRE^^ER OF CANADA. lations of Mr. Lowe, chancellor of the exchequer. In order to make upcertain deficiencies he proposed a tax on matches, in the nature of astamp to be affixed on each box. The measure produced great populardi.scontent. It seems that Mr. Lowe had not well considered what he DI-:CLINE OF THE REFORMATORY WOVEMEXT, 475 recommended, for the match-box stamp proposed was found to be worth asmuch or more than the matches which it covered ! The newspapers at-tacked the measure with great vivacity, and the chancellor of the exchequerwas obliged to abandon his proposition. Finally, it was resolved to meetthe extraordinary expenses of the military administration by a slight in-crease in the income tax. This concluded the legislation of the year, andon the 21st of August Parliament was adjourned. William E. Gladstone was always a busy man. His appearance in publicwas almost continuous. His avocations of business were only remitted tomake opportunity

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